Clothes-drier



3 Sheets-Sheet 1. E. F. ROUSE.

CLOTHES DRIER.

(No Model.)

Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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GLOTHES DRIER.

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EDIVIN F. HOUSE, OF BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,285, dated November 19, 1889.

Application filed June 7,1888. Serial No. 276,331. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN F. ROUsE, of Bay City, in the county of Bay, in the State of Michigan, hat e invented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Briers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in the class of clothes-driers in which means are provided for folding the drier-arms closely, in order to pack the device for shipment; and my invention consists, essentially, in combining with the standard of the drier a sleeve mounted movable vertically thereon, carrying an arm-bearing collar which turns freely on the sleeve, said collar being provided with supports for the drier-arms and supports for the truss or stay-arms connected to the drierarms.

It consists, furthermore, in making the aforesaid collar in two separate parts,whereby the arm-carryingcollar and stay or truss-carrying collar may be moved independently of each other in order to permit the folding of the drier for the purpose of packing and shipment.

It consists, also, in the detail construction and arrangement of the parts, all as hereinafter more fully describecLand pointed out in the claims.

In describing my invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like letters and figures indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation of my'improved clothes-drier, showing the general construction and arrangement of the parts in position for use. Fig. 2 is a like view illustrating the drier folded in condition for shipment. Fig. 3 is a detached detail of the base of the standard, illustrating the arrangement of the gears for operating the hoisting-drum. Fig. at is an enlarged detached sectional view taken on line 00 as, Fig. 1, illustrating the construction and arrangement of the upper hoistingpulley and journal-bearing therefor. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on line y y, Fig. 1, illustrating the guide-bar of the sleeve mounted on the standard and the device for guiding and securing the hoisting-tackle.

Fig. (3 is an enlarged detached view of the arm-supportil'ig collar, truss or stay arm collar, and the hoistingarms, illustrating specific features of construction of these parts. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detached view of the sleeve, which is mounted movable vertically on the drier-standard and carries the armsupporting collar. Fig. 8 is an enlarged vertical section of the supporting-collars for the drier-armsand truss or stay arms, illustrating the specific detail of construction of such parts; and Fig. 9 is an elevation of the drierstandard, of an opposite side thereof to that illustrated in Fig. 1,with a portion thereof broken away for the purpose of showing the construction and arrangement of the means for shocking the drier-arms.

The drier-standard A, which may be of any suitable form or dimensions, is provided with a transverse slot 6, extending from a point above the hoisting-drum to the cap 0, or other point sufficiently removed from the hoistingdrum to allow the movement of the drier-arms upon the supporting-standard.

B is the hoisting-drum, which is constructed, preferably, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and is provided with gears 1 and 2, as best shown in Fig. 3, and the handle II, connected with the gears through the medium of a shaft. A pawl and ratchet P, Fig. 1, is employed for the purpose of preventing the unreeling of the drum.

(1 is a cylinder or sleeve, of metal or other suitable material, of suitable dimensions to fit loosely on the standard A and to slide vertically thereon. The cylinder or sleeve a is provided with a guide bar or lug 3, Figs. 1 and 5, secured near the top of said cylinder, and a guide-bar 10, secured near the bottom of the cylinder at. These guide-bars 3 and 10 fit in the slot 6 of the drier-standard, and serve to guide the cylinder in its vertical movement, without permitting it to turn upon the standard. The guide-bar or lug 3 is connected to the tackle K, and is provided with a hole l, through which slides the main hoisting-rope I, made of suitable material, which is secured to the cross-bar 10.

Mounted on the cylinder a is the collar E, provided with lugs (Z, supporting the drierarms, hinged to which drier-arms are the inner ends of the stay or truss arms S. The cylinder or sleeve a is provided with flanges or shoulders a, and the collar E is provided with agroove c, forming shoulders 0 which engage the flange a of the sleeve a, and the shoulders at and c serve to retain the collar in place upon the sleeve or cylinder, and also guide the arm-carrying collar as it rotates or turns on the sleeve.

It will be observed on reference to Fig. 8 that the collar E is constructed intWo parts, divided at the ledge g, the upper part e being provided with the lug f, serving as a movable support'for the inner ends of the stay ortruss arms S.

Upon reference to Fig. 7 it will'be observed that the cylinder a is divided at a thus constituting a ledge upon which rests an upper section b, Whichserves as acarrying-sle'ev-e for the upper section-e of the collar E; Theupper secti'one of the collar E is provided witha groove 6, forming shoulders 6?, which engagethe flange or shoulder 1), correspond-- ingwith the fiangeror shouldered, which serves to guideandretain the upper collar in-itsl independent. movement: when .the drier is op- I eratedin' ruse.-

same to fold and house the drier,:andI accomplish this desirable result'by the des'cribed At the same time I securecon-struction. meanssforcarrying the truss or stay arms of the device, which. securely brace the drierarms,thusmaking the: device: exceedingly strong and durable, and at the: same timeproviding means for easily adjusting and tightening-the cords 0r wires, which are rove throughthe drier-arms upon which the cloth-- ingoriotherarticles' are placed'hfor the purposezof dryingthesame In order to simplifythe construction of the drierand at the same time economizein:

. manufacturing the same, 1. construct the collariE of cast metal, making the patterns in sections; each section being provided with lu gsbr ears diand f, and casting the sections from such patterns, whereby it is simply nec-' essary to assemble the sectionsic and e, as:

shown .in the enlarged detached view, Fig. 6.

It Will be observed that each section 0 or eis provided with thelug d or f, and when the sections are brought together the drierfarms D and the stay-arn1s S are journaled between theilugs or against the lugs, and the screw-- bOltiS securely attaches not only the sections together, but also the drier-arms and stayarms in theiroperative positions. The manufacture. and construction of the device is thus greatly simplified and the cost thereof considerably reduced, and. at the same time tlr'eco'llar.issusceptible of embellishmentin design for the purpose of adding to the ap pearance thereof.

The hoisting-rope I is secured to thehub of the lower cross-bar 10 and passes'through the hole or opening 4 in the top cross-bar 3 and up through the central enlargement of the slot 6 in the standard A and over the pulley i, journaled on the shaft h. The shaft h is secured to the drier-standard just below the cap 0 by means of nuts l and n, mounted on the extremities of said shaft or rod and abutting against the drier-standard or an encircling band provided thereon.

When the drier-arms are in position for'use, as shown in Fig.1, the upper section 6 of the arm-carrying collar E rests normally against the lower section 0, the sleeves a and b are in contact with each othergas'shown in Figs. 1 and 7, and thefiange g ofi the upper section 6 rests on the ledgeor shoulder giofgthe lower section ofthe collar E, and in this position the "drier-arms D are elevated or'loweredby.

simply turning-tlie'handle H of the *hoistingdr-um-BZ The folding of the arms D isac'complished bypullin'g on the lift co'rd K, which isse'cured in the hole 5 of the hub-7 of theupperg'uidebar 3, and'i'ov'e from" thenceover the small pulley It onth'e shaft h bel'ow' the cap O.

The cord or tackle K is independent of -the rope L and after being passed'over the pulley k may be passed' -down through the enlargementofthe slot -6 and'secured-to the outside 1 of the drier standard; to the opening therein opposite Ito the hoistin-g-dru'm, or, as shown in Fig-9, through anyothensuitable opening, and may be secured to apin or other suitable means on the:'outs'ide ofthe drierstandard lt will be readily seen that wheirthe 'cord K is pulled the upper part of the' section" or sections of the arm-bearing c'ollairand the vertically movable sleeve'are rear-lily. raised, thus elevating the inner ends of the support ing-tr'usses, and thereby raising theou-ter ends of the drier-arms and shocking the device;

If desired; it: will :beiunderstood 'that a second drum might be provided'in the drier, eitherv above or belowthe hoistin'g'edrumyand the cordor tackle K wound' thereon in preciselythe same manner as the hoisting-rope I is-woundby thedrum 'B; butit isnot nec essary to illustrate said construction:-

In order to take upthe-slack of the clo't'hes lines or cords-L when the-drieris'folded'and packed for shipment, 'I secure a tiecord or cords T to thebights of the drier-cords L at the center'th'ereof, and reeve the same withhalfhitches over the bight atthe'center of each drying cord L, and secure the ends of the tie c'ord'or cords T to pins-r, secured to-the drierstandard'A, -as=best' shown in Fig.2 of the drawings; thus securing the drier-lines from flapping and becoming entangled" with each other when thedrier is packed for shipment.

It will be observed that the hoisting-tackle which I preferably employ in my present invention is arranged substantially .asin my application for patent filed December 5, 1887,

Serial No. 256,959, excepting that instead of hoisting-tackle from becoming entangled or twisted by the rotation of the drier-arms, and leaves the same free to move vertically without friction, while the drier-arms rotate independently on the flange-sleeved, thus insuring durability of the device and reducing to a minimum the amount of friction necessary for successful operation.

The operation of the drier will be readily understood from the foregoing and upon reference to the drawings.

\Vhen the drier is set up for use, the arms may be readily lowered to the height convenient to allow the clothing to be readily placed 011 the drier-lines L, and when the drier-arms are lowered by turning the handle H, they are elevated by means of the crossbar 10 and the rope I.

All the parts of my drier are simple in construction, compact and handsome in appearance, and very effective in operation; but it Will be understood that considerable change may be made in the detail construction and arrangement of the parts Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the drier-standard of a clothes-drier, of a sleeve mounted movable vertically thereon, an annular flange or shoulder provided on the movable sleeve, between the top and bottom edges thereof, an arm-bearing collar having shoulders on its periphery,between the top and bottom edges thereof, for engaging the flange or shoulder on the movable sleeve, drier-arms connected to the arm-bearing collar, and truss-arms connected to the drier-arms and connected to the standard by a support movable vertically upon the said standard, and means for vertically moving the drier-arms, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a knockdown clothes-drier, the combination of the supporting -standard, the sleeves a and I), mounted movable vertically upon the standard, flanges or shoulders a and 6, provided, respectively, on the sleeves a and b with the loose collar 0, having the shoulder g, the loose collar 6, having the flange g, said collars c and a being mounted, respectively, on the flanges or shoulders a' and b and engaging the said flanges or shoulders, with shoulders provided on their inside periphery between the top and bottom edges thereof, and separate hoisting ropes or tackle connected to the separate sleeves a and b to elevate both together or to elevate b independently of a, drier-arms mounted in the collar c, and truss-arms connected to the drierarms and to the collar 6, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a clothes-drier standard having a transverse slot through the same, of a vertically-movable sleeve 11, having the cross-bar 10, guided in the transverse slot of the drier-standard, and the verticallymovable sleeve 5, having the cross-bar 3, also guided in said transverse slot of the drier-. standard, loose collars c and e, mounted movably on the sleeves a and b, drier-arms supported in the loose collar 0, and truss-arms connected to the drier-arms and to the loose collar 6, With hoisting-tackle for elevating the sleeve b independently of a or for elevating both together, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the supporting-standard A, provided With the slot 6, a sleeve a, the collar 0, having the shoulder g and having the cross-bar 10 riding in the slot 6, the sleeve Z), the collar 6, having the flange g and having the cross-bar 3 riding in the slot 6, the main hoisting-rope I, secured at one end to the drum B and at the other end to the crossbar 10 and passing through an opening 4 in the cross-bar 3 and over a suitable guide-pulley i, the rope K, secured to the cross-bar 3, passing over a suitable guide -pulley k to means for operating the same, drier-arms mounted in the collar 0, and truss-arms connected to the drier-arms and to the collar 6, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of the loose collar 6, composed of separate sections removably secured together and having its upper part e detachable from its lower part c, shoulders 6 interposed between the top and bottom faces of the part e, and shoulders 0 interposed between the top and bottom faces of the part c, drier-arms hinged to the part c, and trussarms connected to the part 8 and to the drierarms, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination of the sleeve 1), having the flange Z1, and the sleeve at, having the flange a, With the sectional collar 6, having the groove 6' for engaging the flange b of the sleeve Z), the sectional collar 0, having the groove 0 for engaging the flange a, drierarms hinged to the collar 0, and truss-arms hinged to the drier-arms and to the collar 6, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 28th day of May, 1888. EDWIN F. HOUSE. Witnesses:

FREDERICK H. GIBBs, ETTA WEIsBURG. 

